Overview of verb smother

The verb smother has 5 senses

• smother, surround -- (envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy")


• smother, asphyxiate, suffocate -- (deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor")


• smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress -- (conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn")


• smother -- (form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake")


• smother, put out -- (deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires")

Overview of adj smothering

The adj smothering has 1 sense

• smothering, suffocating, suffocative -- (causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless")